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Birditt, K.S., Newton, N.J. (2016). Theories of Social Support and Aging. In: Pachana, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Geropsychology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-080-3_123-1
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